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the saddle, and dash at the foe. Then came
the rattle of the steel, the clash of swords, one
wild shout of victory (more than half secured
before the combat began by their confidence,
not so much in an arm of flesh as in an
Unseen Arm), and ere the eye could see it
all, the vanquished foe was galloping away.
We take it that in Cromwell and his brave
men we have specimens of some of the
- qualities which go to make up a true noble
hero—patience, continuance, and earnestness
of soul; for as Vaughan has nobly said, ‘‘ We
would that our life should go out to its mark
like a cannon ball, and not be ignominiously
dribbled through a sieve.” I. ask you, is it
not worth the effort daily to fulfil your life’s
mission in noble deeds? Will you not be,
or try to be, under God’s blessing, a true,
noble man ?
“Tn the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life,

Be not like dumb driven cattle,
Be a HERO in the strife.

“ Lives of great men all remind us
‘We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time,”